Hillsdale Officer books judged at district contest Three

Adam Sapp Published: February 17, 2007 4:00 AM

HillsdaleOfficer books judged at district contestThree Hillsdale FFA officers sent their officer books to the district contest on Feb. 2.Secretary Megan Farquhar placed fifth. She kept a record of all business meetings, attendance and letters sent out and received by the chapter.Treasurer Greg Heiby placed second. He kept a record of all receipts and disbursements as well as making all the budgets for the chapter.Reporter Addie Runkle placed first. She made a scrapbook of all newspaper articles and included Web pages from the FFA's site. Pictures also were included in the scrapbook.The officers next will walk across the stage at the Ohio FFA State Convention in May and receive their gold ratings.LoudonvilleOfficers for 2007-08 electedIn January, the Loudonville FFA chapter had its officer elections for the 2007-08 school year.Juniors Jacob Wilson and Megan Fetzer were elected president and vice president, respectively. Junior Lacey Ridgeway was elected historian. Sophomores Megan Timmons (secretary), Doug Wilson (reporter), Megan Ashby (treasurer) and Jared Canfield (sentinel) all were elected for their second term. Junior Todd Brennstuhl was elected student adviser.South CentralSoil teams competein contestsSouth Central FFA's rural soil judging team placed 38th in state competition after taking second in the district contest. Team members were: Scott Chandler, Kevin Poth, Maggie Bacon, Kenneth Claggett, Abby Hord, Chris Morgan, Frank Gannett, Jay Schwanger, Emily Krikke and Joe Pennell.South Central's urban judging team placed seventh at districts. It consisted of Olivia Miller, Stephanie Spoerr, Robert Gannett, Jared Chandler, Ryan Collier, Tyler Stephens, Josh Kirk, Garrett Verburg and Lance Isaac.